Lake Mohawk

History

Lake Mohawk was founded in 1963 by property developers as a planned community.

Geography

The Lake Mohawk community is situated on both sides of Lake Mohawk, a small reservoir on Middle Creek, a tributary of Sandy Creek, part of the Tuscarawas River watershed flowing to the Ohio River. The majority of the lake and community are in Brown Township, with the upstream end of the lake extending south into Harrison Township. The lake's outlet is south of the village of Malvern. The community was established in 1963 by the American Realty Service Corporation on of property. The lake is inside a gated community which contains approximately 1,700 property lots that are privately owned. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Lake Mohawk CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 17.99%, is water.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  2,605
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  2,453
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  2,275
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  2,272
• Song Sparrow

  Melospiza melodia (A.Wilson, 1810) · Aves
  2,246
• Red-bellied Woodpecker

  Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,973
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,743
• Red-winged Blackbird

  Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  1,736

Most recent

• M 2.9 — 2025-05-09
  3 km S of Pleasant City, Ohio
• M 2.8 — 2025-04-29
  1 km SE of Pleasant City, Ohio
• M 3.1 — 2025-04-24
  3 km S of Pleasant City, Ohio
• M 3.1 — 2025-04-22
  3 km ESE of Buffalo, Ohio
• M 2.5 — 2024-09-11
  4 km WNW of Claysville, Pennsylvania
• M 3 — 2024-03-30
  2 km SSW of Maple Ridge, Ohio